St. Paul’s shows its Pride
In recognition of Pride Month, St. Paul’s proudly flies the Pride flag inĚýcelebration of the many achievements and contributions of the LGBTQ2S+ community.
In recognition of Pride Month, St. Paul’s proudly flies the Pride flag inĚýcelebration of the many achievements and contributions of the LGBTQ2S+ community.
Over the past few days, many of you have approached us to express your grief and anger atĚýthe racial injustices that are occurring around us. Although the violent police murder of George Floyd may have brought it to the forefront, the subsequent death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet and police-shooting death of Chantel Moore bring home the continued reality that systemic racism permeates aspects of our own society and institutions. We grieve alongside you and share your anger at these horrific events.
One of Ŕ¶Ý®ĘÓƵ Region’s largest hospitals is finding extra hospital bed capacity at a local college.
St. Paul’s University College has agreed to provide Grand River Hospital (GRH) with 84 private rooms to house non-urgent patients currently housed at the hospital.ĚýĚý
"We know that hospitals around the world are concerned about their capacity to accommodate the growing number of patients during the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Richard Myers, St. Paul’s Principal. “St. Paul’s is happy to do its part to ensure our hospitals have the resources they need during this extraordinary period.”
Like so many Ŕ¶Ý®ĘÓƵ grads, Cameron Turner (BMath ’02)Ěýmet his wife Tanya Morose (BSC ’02, MSC ’07) while living at St. Paul’s for two years beginning in fall of 1997,Ěýlearn how they are working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic and doingĚýtheir parts to help minimize impacts and disruption.Ěý
GreenHouse students are often asked, “What’s your why?” The question invites emerging social entrepreneurs to figure out what change they truly want to make, and from there to determine the best way of doing so. When Aaiman Aamir came to GreenHouse a year ago in her last term, she wasn’t sure what problem she wanted to solve but she was aware of her regret about having opted out of studies in STEM.
In fifteen years of Indigenous services at St. Paul’s University College, there have been various Indigenous camps offered on campus, but last week was the first Indigenous Leadership Entrepreneurship and DesignThinking (LEAD) camp ever offered here—or anywhere.
Principal Richard Myers is pleased to announce that the Jackman Reading Room is now operational.ĚýĚý The initial collection of fifty volumes has been delivered and is ready to be read!
The Social Impact Fund encourages GreenHouseĚýinnovators to put their ideas into action.
The Fund is open to current GreenHouseĚýinnovators who demonstrate early-stage customer validation or idea testing (i.e. prototype, pilot, market research) and a plan for how they will implement their idea over the coming year.
In 2016, while studying in Spain, Sara Velasquez met a woman whose story changed the trajectory of Sara’s life.